Innocent Young Woman Shot While Walking To Car On Canton Street
CANTON (CBS) - Police are looking for the people involved in a shooting on a Canton street that left an innocent young woman wounded.
The 20-year-old woman, who has not been identified, was leaving a friend's house on Ledgewood Drive around 10 p.m. Monday when she was shot in the calf. Police said it appears two cars were involved and one car was shooting at another on nearby York Street.
"She was visiting one of the residents at the house and just coincidentally walked out to her car at that time," said Canton Police Chief Kenneth Berkowitz. "The poor woman was an innocent victim."
Several homes and cars were also hit in the gunfire. The woman was taken to a hospital for treatment and released. Berkowitz said she is expected to be okay.
Investigators spent hours combing the neighborhood for evidence.
"It's reckless abandon, firing a gun like that," said Berkowitz.
Donald Johnstone was watching TV in his home on York Street when he said he heard multiple gunshots. "It's real concerning that this has happened," he told WBZ-TV. "Who is the deranged person doing this?"
"It was a semi-automatic weapon, that's what it was," said Liz Johnstone. "Because I said that would not be a firecracker."
No other information is available at this point in the investigation.